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last, the deputy project scientist at jpl. we will start with a special announcement from michael. >> before i make the announcement, which i think all of you will enjoy, i would like to show you a short video. this video was made on the eve of the arrival at mars -- this was in november of 1971. in the video, you will see a couple of people you might recognize -- bruce murray and carl sagan and ray bradbury. if we can look at that video -- >> i was hoping, during the last few days, as we get closer to mars and the dust cleared, that we would see a lot of marcion's standing there with huge signs that said, bribery was right. -- bradbury was right. [laughter] >> i will keep this short. i would much rather listen to our scientific friends here today to tell us about what is coming up this week. everytime i get a group of people together and i howl like this -- you cannot escape me. lucky is a short thing. it sums up some of my feelings about why i love space travel, why i write science fiction, why i am intrigued with what is go
last, the deputy project scientist at jpl. we will start with a special announcement from michael. >> before i make the announcement, which i think all of you will enjoy, i would like to show you a short video. this video was made on the eve of the arrival at mars -- this was in november of 1971. in the video, you will see a couple of people you might recognize -- bruce murray and carl sagan and ray bradbury. if we can look at that video -- >> i was hoping, during the last few days,...
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we were watching the feed from jpl. here is the moment when they got the confirmation. >> touchdown confirmed. we are safe on mars. >> [cheering]. >> we are wheels down on mars. >> by the time they relayed the information, curiosity had already been on mars for seven minutes, but look at the mix of triumph, relief and then unbridled joy as the rover sent back its first images from the sur -- surface. thumbnails, black and white, from each corner of the rover showing how it sits and how it fares. engineers were excited to see them at jpl as was anyone watching anywhere including here at nasa ames in mourn ven view view -- mountain view where several thousand people watched. it appeared to be a successful landing and then 45 minutes later a press conference. not a lot of
we were watching the feed from jpl. here is the moment when they got the confirmation. >> touchdown confirmed. we are safe on mars. >> [cheering]. >> we are wheels down on mars. >> by the time they relayed the information, curiosity had already been on mars for seven minutes, but look at the mix of triumph, relief and then unbridled joy as the rover sent back its first images from the sur -- surface. thumbnails, black and white, from each corner of the rover showing how...
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and people at jpl? >> well, i would -- i would like to address that question to dave because they know it the best but i will give you the way we think about it. you know, first of all, in 2012 we are not expecting any real employment impact, though we will be seeking to reorient some of the work there. but i will all be within jpl to go away from the 2016, the 2018 portfolio and towards the new formulation effort and technology that will take. now, msl, as you read of msl, there was great to be several hundred more jobs. maybe a maximum of the 300 to 400 that would have read off. so the issue was always how much money are we to do to bring it to put jpl on any project but you will still see those. in addition to the projects that dhaka mars specific project the follow-on to we've been talking about, the 300 to 400 students that jpl and that is the worst case, they will also be working with the science technology program on the landing that has a very strong project that's ramping up. it also has for in
and people at jpl? >> well, i would -- i would like to address that question to dave because they know it the best but i will give you the way we think about it. you know, first of all, in 2012 we are not expecting any real employment impact, though we will be seeking to reorient some of the work there. but i will all be within jpl to go away from the 2016, the 2018 portfolio and towards the new formulation effort and technology that will take. now, msl, as you read of msl, there was...
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also the nice wheels, we see the soil, and the gaps and the treads on the tires are meant to spell out jpl in morse code, wherever it rolls. >>> and a million londoners came out for a parade of all british athletes to the palace, complete with a fly-over. and last night's paralympic ceremony included performances by cold play and rihanna and jay-z. >>> and all that noise on the court at the u.s. open. >>> finally tonight, speaking of sports, a tip of the hat to peyton manning, who at age 36 and a veteran of four surgeries on his neck, was considered a big gamble when he went to the broncos, and then came last night's denver opener. manning spanked the steelers, two touchdowns, including the 400 of his career. he gutted it out, old school. >>> also in sports tonight, you would be forgiven for wondering how the greats in the past were able to perform without grunting when they touched the ball. some people had to watch the women's final on mute because of the heavy noise. and tonight, nbc's chris jansen has more. >> reporter: gone were the days when this was the loudest sound at the u.s. ope
also the nice wheels, we see the soil, and the gaps and the treads on the tires are meant to spell out jpl in morse code, wherever it rolls. >>> and a million londoners came out for a parade of all british athletes to the palace, complete with a fly-over. and last night's paralympic ceremony included performances by cold play and rihanna and jay-z. >>> and all that noise on the court at the u.s. open. >>> finally tonight, speaking of sports, a tip of the hat to peyton...
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also the nice wheels, we see the soil, and the gaps and the treads on the tires are meant to spell out jpl in morse code, wherever it rolls. >>> and a million londoners came out for a parade of all british athletes to the palace, complete with a fly-over. and last night's paralympic ceremony included performances by jay-z. >>> and all that noise on the court at the u.s. open. . with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yello
also the nice wheels, we see the soil, and the gaps and the treads on the tires are meant to spell out jpl in morse code, wherever it rolls. >>> and a million londoners came out for a parade of all british athletes to the palace, complete with a fly-over. and last night's paralympic ceremony included performances by jay-z. >>> and all that noise on the court at the u.s. open. . with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is...
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. -- jpl and they lived and worked according to the time zone of the rover. because the martian day is longer than earth, that means they reported for work about 40 minutes later each day. if you were at the gate of jpl and would see people coming 40 minutes later than the day before. the main science meeting room is dark and so they can orient to what they call mars local time to read each chain had about 75 scientists and student researchers organized into what were called science femur groups and geochemistry soymeal and rocks, geometry and atmosphere. they were arranged at their tables and gave presentations interpreting what they were learning and what they would like to do tomorrow on mars. the long term planning group setting off to one side reviewed the mission objectives measures of how far they had traveled. the number of images the had taken and how the instruments had been used and how the goals affected the plan tomorrow. in the words of steve's collier's the principal investigators of the mer mission, this has been the first overland expedition
. -- jpl and they lived and worked according to the time zone of the rover. because the martian day is longer than earth, that means they reported for work about 40 minutes later each day. if you were at the gate of jpl and would see people coming 40 minutes later than the day before. the main science meeting room is dark and so they can orient to what they call mars local time to read each chain had about 75 scientists and student researchers organized into what were called science femur...
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>> i would have to address that to people at jpl but first of ought in 2012 we are not expecting any employment impact the we will be seeking to the lines of the work of vv within jpl away from the 2016 portfolio and towards the new formulation effort that will take msl as you ran that all, there were going to be several hundred more jobs. maybe the maxim of the 300 to 400 that would have dreamed of and so the issue was always how much more money are we going to do to bring to focus jpl on a project so you will still see those. in addition to the projects in the specific project the full one that we've been talking about, the 300 to 400 that are sort of the worst case, it's also going to be working with the space technology program on the landing has a very strong project there that's ramping up. also has been for intact even the mission in 2016 a very small mission and numerous other things pity as a, as, you know, always with science since we have a competitive environment we are never sure who is going to win, so we cannot see how wide is going to go, but jpl has done well in the
>> i would have to address that to people at jpl but first of ought in 2012 we are not expecting any employment impact the we will be seeking to the lines of the work of vv within jpl away from the 2016 portfolio and towards the new formulation effort that will take msl as you ran that all, there were going to be several hundred more jobs. maybe the maxim of the 300 to 400 that would have dreamed of and so the issue was always how much more money are we going to do to bring to focus jpl...
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but there will be a press conference from jpl hopefully with more details. this has been a major scientific feet. it is a landing for the ages and one that may help answer some questions of the ages. live at nasa ames, wayne freed map, abc news. wayne freedman,abc news. >>> now to thomas roman who is live at the space and science center in oakland who closed down for the night just minutes ago. thomas? >> that's right. it was a standing room only crowd here at the center. people who were leaving now are all leaving with smiles on their faces. the news that rover curiosity landed successfully was greeted with cheers by mass saw and the science center crowd and their young. >> the space and science museum attracted a huge crowd. christopher bell who wants to be an astronomer said what curiosity would find once it starts its survey of the red planet. >> i think they might find cc life, you know, germ bacteria. >> you don't think there is smart life on mars? >> not smart life. >> he came to experience not only the rover landing, but also how craters are formed o
but there will be a press conference from jpl hopefully with more details. this has been a major scientific feet. it is a landing for the ages and one that may help answer some questions of the ages. live at nasa ames, wayne freed map, abc news. wayne freedman,abc news. >>> now to thomas roman who is live at the space and science center in oakland who closed down for the night just minutes ago. thomas? >> that's right. it was a standing room only crowd here at the center. people...
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here 59 jpl they've gone 13 for 18. that's a 7: -- .720 batting average in the red planet league. even so this time the nerves are racheted higher along with the stakes. >> facing budget pressure from the white house, nasa has reduced funding for mars missions and pulled out of plans to partner with the european space agency to stage an elaborate series of missions to mars to bring a rock sample back to earth. much to the dismay of the mars science community. jim bell is president of the planetary society and also on the spirit opportunity and curiosity imaging teams. >> it's frustrating to try and understand why the administration or congress would want to stop what so many americans are incredibly proud of and has been so successful. >> one of their big apply loos is democratic congressman adam shift who represents the california district that is home to the jet propulsion lab. >> if we step back from mars now at a time when we are tantalizingly close to finding the building blocks of life on mars, it may be decades before we go back. >> facing the bleak funding outlook, nasa ha
here 59 jpl they've gone 13 for 18. that's a 7: -- .720 batting average in the red planet league. even so this time the nerves are racheted higher along with the stakes. >> facing budget pressure from the white house, nasa has reduced funding for mars missions and pulled out of plans to partner with the european space agency to stage an elaborate series of missions to mars to bring a rock sample back to earth. much to the dismay of the mars science community. jim bell is president of the...
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but i'm almost certain msl -- go look on the jpl web site and look under msl. i believe there is an instrument for that. >> okay. but it's not -- currently, we're not going to be able to hear sound from curiosity or -- >> well, the sounds are -- i'm not sure, you know, it seems like somebody should have done a simulation of what it would sound like. i think it would be very low. but as you can imagine, if you were to blow against that microphone, it could sound like a hurricane, but it was just, you know -- so this relationship is not necessarily intuitive. >> but you can hear the martians jumping around outside the camera. [laughter] >> that would be, we would get the vibrations, i think. >> what danger do the rovers have from solar flares? >> solar flares -- now, this is an area i'm not a specialist in. i believe -- i think it's best to think of radiation in general, and you have cosmic rays and solar flares. the bottom line is that the computer circuit systems are radiation-hardened. that's why if you look at what curiosity has, you'll see that it's not quit
but i'm almost certain msl -- go look on the jpl web site and look under msl. i believe there is an instrument for that. >> okay. but it's not -- currently, we're not going to be able to hear sound from curiosity or -- >> well, the sounds are -- i'm not sure, you know, it seems like somebody should have done a simulation of what it would sound like. i think it would be very low. but as you can imagine, if you were to blow against that microphone, it could sound like a hurricane, but...
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>> you know, for us at jpl, it's always been what it is. every center has kind of their expertise, and jpl is unmanned missions. so for us, the little rovers are our astronauts, and they do a great job for us. curiosity is doing amazing science right now, and she's working fairly perfectly. >> you're part of that amazing team. jamie waydo, appreciate your time. you can see more behind the scenes footage and interviews in the documentary "nova ultimate mars challenge" airing on pbs on november 14th. >> our movie critic grae drake sat down with "skyfall" star daniel craig. you're going to hear from james bond next. >>> james bond in "skyfall" soared to number one, making over $30 million in opening night. that's the best opening ever for any bond film, by the way. but does the latest installment in the bond series live up to all the hype? grae drake is here to give us her review. great to see you, and in honor of veterans day, she'll count down our war movies. first, we want to take a look at "skyfall." >> 007 reporting for duty. >> where hav
>> you know, for us at jpl, it's always been what it is. every center has kind of their expertise, and jpl is unmanned missions. so for us, the little rovers are our astronauts, and they do a great job for us. curiosity is doing amazing science right now, and she's working fairly perfectly. >> you're part of that amazing team. jamie waydo, appreciate your time. you can see more behind the scenes footage and interviews in the documentary "nova ultimate mars challenge"...
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and in the midst -- in the michigan, team chief from jpl. and dougie ellison, visualization producer at jpl, and we will begin with michael watkins. >> a very good morning. we had another fantastic day on mars. curiosity continues to behave basically flawlessly. and executing all the planned activities successfully and phenomenal yesterday. a good time for me to point out that the team operating curiosity is performing basically it flawlessly and completing of planned activities. this is really just a great day all around. so the activity consists of a couple of different things. we are about to -- it would like to upgrade our software on the rover, just like we upgrade our uprighted system under on computer and laptop. we're going to do the same thing. we need a fellow that is optimized. we landed on one that is optimized for lending. but the same token the surface does not have the land the vehicle. you want to switch to this new flight software that is optimized for surface operations, and we're going to do that starting tomorrow. so a li
and in the midst -- in the michigan, team chief from jpl. and dougie ellison, visualization producer at jpl, and we will begin with michael watkins. >> a very good morning. we had another fantastic day on mars. curiosity continues to behave basically flawlessly. and executing all the planned activities successfully and phenomenal yesterday. a good time for me to point out that the team operating curiosity is performing basically it flawlessly and completing of planned activities. this is...
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it would be a great feather if nasa's cap and jpl's cap. tom, i can't believe how complicated this thing looks as it is you know, hurdling toward mars. those seven minutes will be terrifying. >> definitely accepting a gamble this technology will pay off and we'll reap the rewards. we're going to a very difficult target, gail crater, which has a peak curiosity is supposed to climb coming years to search for inhabbability climate in the marge is shun past. -- martian past. the fact we don't have a backup for it. we haven't been able to afford a twin rover for curiosity in terms of opportunity in terms of spirit which landed there in 2004. so this is all in one shot. there is no forward mars program beyond curiosity. nasa has been told to scale back the mars effort because of budget constraints and there is no follow-up if th one goes wrong. jon: walter, we mentioned you were part of the apollo program back in the '60s and '70s. when you were flying actively back then, did you think we would be on mars, i mean with human astronauts by now? >>
it would be a great feather if nasa's cap and jpl's cap. tom, i can't believe how complicated this thing looks as it is you know, hurdling toward mars. those seven minutes will be terrifying. >> definitely accepting a gamble this technology will pay off and we'll reap the rewards. we're going to a very difficult target, gail crater, which has a peak curiosity is supposed to climb coming years to search for inhabbability climate in the marge is shun past. -- martian past. the fact we don't...
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he's been working along with national geographic, jpl, the university of guam, the university of hawaii, and cameron has actually invited us along to give us a peek at how he is trying to accomplish this historic, extreme dive. at minimum so much can be learned from this dive in terms of what can happen here. the types of life that can exist at those depths. whole new species could be revealed. we will bring you updates on cameron's progress as he moves closer to this extreme dive seven miles under water. fredricka. >> thank you very much, jason. an incredible view there, experience you're having. this may be the harshest place on earth. everything is intense from the temperatures and temperatures and the darkness. chad myers is here to talk about that. what more can you tell us about what is an incredible experience? >> i don't think anybody up on land understands what the danger is involved here, to take that kind of pressure on any vessel, put it down there with a man inside or more than one man inside that is going to be the challenge. that's why they're not going all the way down t
he's been working along with national geographic, jpl, the university of guam, the university of hawaii, and cameron has actually invited us along to give us a peek at how he is trying to accomplish this historic, extreme dive. at minimum so much can be learned from this dive in terms of what can happen here. the types of life that can exist at those depths. whole new species could be revealed. we will bring you updates on cameron's progress as he moves closer to this extreme dive seven miles...
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they have a bunch of former jpl employees on staff. host: kelly from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: you said you are giving companies $1.1 billion. why are we giving them money to reinvent the wheel? we already have the technology to get into space. why aren't we sharing the technology? guest: the companies are using nasa's technology to get into space. the space shuttle was an incredibly capable vehicle, but was not a cheap vehicle. it had a lot capabilities that we did not need. it was a vehicle that was good for lower earth orbits. they build two capabilities to replace it. the other is to go beyond lower earth orbit, but we did do with the apollo program. the space shuttle was a very high-tech vehicle but it wasn't the right vehicle for where we're going now. host: here are some numbers from 2011, looking at contract awards that were given how. host: these funds were given to companies. a question from monty on twitter . guest: the commercial applications can seem far- fetched. if you can find water, water can be tu
they have a bunch of former jpl employees on staff. host: kelly from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: you said you are giving companies $1.1 billion. why are we giving them money to reinvent the wheel? we already have the technology to get into space. why aren't we sharing the technology? guest: the companies are using nasa's technology to get into space. the space shuttle was an incredibly capable vehicle, but was not a cheap vehicle. it had a lot capabilities that we did not...
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guest: jpl morgan, citibank -- j.p. morgan, citibank, goldman sachs paid back tarp. initially, $125 billion was given to the largest banks and it quickly paid back. host: and banks worth less than $10 billion a piece, and moneys outstanding versus what they paid back. what is it about the smaller banks giving them a harder time? guest: a lot of the smaller banks are not as healthy as the big banks. they also don't have easy access to the capital market, so it is harder for them to go out and raise capital to pay it back. host: here is a piece that you wrote for bloomberg a couple of weeks ago. the u.s. treasury department said it started selling stakes today -- first of all, why get out of it? why is of the treasury department trying to extricate itself from these banks? guest: hutras reece says it was never intended to be a lifelong shareholder of banks, so it was natural they would eventually get out. i think they are realistic probably will not do with this year. and probably will continue into next year. host: why is it so? and how is it planning out, as it begin
guest: jpl morgan, citibank -- j.p. morgan, citibank, goldman sachs paid back tarp. initially, $125 billion was given to the largest banks and it quickly paid back. host: and banks worth less than $10 billion a piece, and moneys outstanding versus what they paid back. what is it about the smaller banks giving them a harder time? guest: a lot of the smaller banks are not as healthy as the big banks. they also don't have easy access to the capital market, so it is harder for them to go out and...
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they have a bunch of former jpl employees on staff. host: kelly from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: you said you are giving companies $1.1 billion. why are we giving them money to reinvent the wheel? we already have the technology to get into space. why aren't we sharing the technology? guest: the companies are using nasa's technology to get into space. the space shuttle was an incredibly capable vehicle, but was not a cheap vehicle. it had a lot capabilities that we did not need. it was a vehicle that was good for lower earth orbits. they build two capabilities to replace it. the other is to go beyond lower earth orbit, but we did do with the apollo program. the space shuttle was a very high-tech vehicle but it wasn't the right vehicle for where we're going now. host: here are some numbers from 2011, looking at contract awards that were given how. host: these funds were given to companies. a question from monty on twitter. guest: the commercial applications can seem far- fetched. if you can find water, water can be tur
they have a bunch of former jpl employees on staff. host: kelly from massachusetts on our independent line. caller: you said you are giving companies $1.1 billion. why are we giving them money to reinvent the wheel? we already have the technology to get into space. why aren't we sharing the technology? guest: the companies are using nasa's technology to get into space. the space shuttle was an incredibly capable vehicle, but was not a cheap vehicle. it had a lot capabilities that we did not...
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by the question, i think i saw a jpl blog post that rob manning won the bingo game of where it was going to land. curious if there's anything more than accolades with that guess? >> we had multiple bingo games among different groups of people. the biggest one was a giant poster, about 10 feet long, that was printed out. rob was the closest. he was one of what we call our grumlins who operated our readiness testing, so we believe he may have rigged the system somehow. [laughter] >> abbottabad in the room. >> i just wanted a little more information if any of you have it about the already iconic photograph of the parachutes descending with the rover below it. this picture had to be programmed far in advance -- is that right? >> yeah, that is right. we provided the first timing that we wanted this parachute picture to be taken way back in april. targeted for about six minutes after injury. the goal was to make sure that we focus on and if things do not go well. we wanted to see if we saw an inflated parachute or not an inflated parachute to see if there was a damage or not. so the goal was t
by the question, i think i saw a jpl blog post that rob manning won the bingo game of where it was going to land. curious if there's anything more than accolades with that guess? >> we had multiple bingo games among different groups of people. the biggest one was a giant poster, about 10 feet long, that was printed out. rob was the closest. he was one of what we call our grumlins who operated our readiness testing, so we believe he may have rigged the system somehow. [laughter] >>...